In this picture, Hezbollah attend the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, south Lebanon. Picture: Mohammed Zaatari. Beirut - Hezbollah on Wednesday confirmed an Israeli air ...

It appears as though Google is lobbying in at least three states to prevent proposed restrictions on Google Glass while driving from going into effect. These laws are in response to the growing popularity of Google Glass (the device has yet to be fully released) ...

Some chiefs appear to be nostalgic for the pre-colonial days’ powers their forebears wielded. Unfortunately, those days when a powerful chief could descend upon his weak counterparts and sell off captured and able-bodied men to waiting slave merchants, have long been gone, and confined permanently to the dark pages of our history. News about chiefs […]

President John Dramani Mahama swarmed by some female MPs in Parliament yesterday President John Dramani Mahama yesterday announced in his State of the Nation Address in Parliament that his government would progressively introduce free senior high school education as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution from the 2015-2016 academic year. The announcement by the President sent […]

Almost exactly one year to the day since Benedict XVI stepped down as spiritual leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, the former pope has issued his first public comment on recurring rumors in the Italian media that he didn't resign of his own will.

JAILED! Prince Adu Gyamfi A KUMASI Circuit Court, presided over by D.P.W. Armediour, has jailed Prince Adu Gyamfi, the 20-year-old suspected murderer who recently escaped from the grips of the police while being escorted to prison in Kumasi. The court sentenced the self-confessed auto electrician to two years’ imprisonment in hard labour, for escaping from […]

Officials of First Capital Plus Bank will be touring facilities of Berekum Chelsea as talks over a sponsorship agreement nears conclusion.

President Mahama with some students in Parliament House yesterday President John Dramani Mahama indeed had the first baptism of fire in Parliament yesterday when he was subjected to constant and intense heckling by the Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament during the delivery of his State of the Nation Address, compelling him to […]

The alleged panty thieves Members of staff of Mr. Price, a clothing store at the Accra Mall, have been severely criticized by human rights advocates for forcing three ladies who allegedly stole underwear from the shop to crawl on their knees for several minutes as punishment. The three alleged shoplifters, believed to be students of […]

Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Dr. Nii Armah Josiah Aryeh The war between the Nana Kondu-led National Democratic Party (NDP) and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) looks far from over. Recent comments by the Founder and the Chairman of the NDP, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and Dr. Nii Armah Josiah Aryeh respectively, in which they spoke […]

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Industries' John Butler and Greg Rayburn, founder at Kobi Partners, examine BlackBerry CEO John Chen's path to a turnaround on Bloomberg Television's “In The Loop.” Please enable JavaScript to view the comments ...

Student leaders of the Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies are angry over the alleged manhandling of the SRC shuttle driver, Atuley Emmanuel. Atuley Emmanuel was reported to have been severely attacked by taxi drivers operating in the Navrongo Township. Citi News checks discovered that taxi drivers operating in Navrongo Township made several ...

BEIRUT – State media in Syria says army troops have killed 175 rebels in an ambush south of the capital, Damascus. Syrian state news agency SANA reported Wednesday that the attack happened at dawn in the opposition-held area of eastern Ghouta.

A new report published by ActionAid Ghana (AAG) reveals that Ghana may be losing an estimated $1.2 billion annually as a result of tax incentives. This is usually about half the entire annual Government of Ghana budget for education. While the study recognises some usefulness of tax incentives, it emphasises the need to gauge how much is given as tax incentives against the expected benefits.   The study particularly identifies as a major problem the arbitrariness or the discretion in tax incentive

Developing countries lose between US$120 and US$160 billion annually in revenue owing to money hidden in tax havens, while eliminating corporate tax incentives could raise more than US$138 billion in revenue annually, according to studies conducted by ActionAid‐Ghana.

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to enter into a strategic partnership to produce jute sacks in Ghana.

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a test of the “battle readiness” of military forces deployed in the western and central areas of the country, a likely show of Kremlin muscle to reassure ethnic Russians in Ukraine that their ...

Governments is to establish a Ghana International Trade Commission (GITC), within the course of the year to enable the nation take advantage of the remedies on piracy, anti-‐dumping and countervailing measures.

A five-member Board to oversee the successful implementation of the Forest Plantation Development Fund (FPDF) and to create employment through plantation establishment across the country was, yesterday, inaugurated in Accra.